Re: Help watching TV online with software called xxxxON or lik? I've forgotten the n

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Originally Posted by Hutch

Something local to your PC then I suspect. I haven't used it in a month or so, but prior to that we watched the X-Factor live on it without any issues. This is with the lo-speed stream mind you - you'll be hard pushed to watch the high speed stream here in Australia no matter how fast your broadband is.

I am able to watch the High speed stream though I do have a fast connection. The only problem I am having with the player is it won't go into full screen. Anyone else having this problem? I am using the Mac version.

Re: Help watching TV online with software called xxxxON or lik? I've forgotten the n

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Originally Posted by earlybird

I am using the Mac version.

Same problem.

There is a workaround however. There's a script that works with VLC Media Player and takes the streams and outputs them through VLC. Will see if I can find a link.

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Re: Help watching TV online with software called xxxxON or lik? I've forgotten the n

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Originally Posted by earlybird

That'd be great, Ta!!

I found it, but it looks like it's no longer valid. Original page here. Seems like FilmOn changed something to stop the stream hijacks.

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Re: Help watching TV online with software called xxxxON or lik? I've forgotten the n

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Originally Posted by Peteusa

Apparently, the FilmOn download will ONLY WORK (properly anyway) with VLC.

I Googled VLC free and downloaded the program onto Windows Vista. It works fine, most of the time, and certainly allows full screen viewing.

But FilmOn does not use VLC to play stuff as far as I know - it has it's own player built in and when downloading their s no requirement for VLC to be downloaded. I would have thought the benefit of having VLC installed is because it has most if not all of the codecs you may need built in and thus present on your system.

I already had VLC on both machines so it may not be the case but I cannot see any reference to VLC requirement on the FilmOn site?

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Re: Help watching TV online with software called xxxxON or lik? I've forgotten the n

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Originally Posted by slipshot

But FilmOn does not use VLC to play stuff as far as I know - it has it's own player built in and when downloading their s no requirement for VLC to be downloaded. I would have thought the benefit of having VLC installed is because it has most if not all of the codecs you may need built in and thus present on your system.

I already had VLC on both machines so it may not be the case but I cannot see any reference to VLC requirement on the FilmOn site?

Someone hacked the various FilmOn TV streams and wrote a script that bypassed the filmon client and enabled the use of VLC instead.

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Re: Help watching TV online with software called xxxxON or lik? I've forgotten the n

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Originally Posted by Peteusa

No its all gone again. I couldnt get sound on More 4 all day yesterday. Today I cant get very much of anything!

I guess its no good contacting FilmOn, since the version we're getting is possibly being hijacked from them?

STill down when I tried now. Does anyone on here have a paid subscription as I'd be interested if this makes a difference?

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